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Lainey Molnar is an artist that explores topics of masculinity and femininity in honest and empowering comics. In her illustrations, she talks about body image, stereotypes, motherhood, freedom of choice and many other resonating themes that many people, especially women, can relate to. 

Scroll down for some candid illustrations. Lainey's work has been featured on Bored Panda before, so if you'd like to see the previous parts, make sure to click here, here, here and here.

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Bored Panda reached out to Lainey again to get to know more about her creative process. We asked her where she gets inspiration and motivation for her work. The artist replied that besides getting inspired by her own experience as a woman, she also follows a variety of content creators from psychologists, spiritual pages, body-positive influencers, mom influencers, and other inspiring people to "understand more about matters thousands or even millions of women go through."

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Chucky Cheezburger
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1 year ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Yep...My wife was going somewhere (can't remember, its been awhile.) Anyway, she was putting on makeup and doing her hair and such, and I ask her why. She said that since she has been working from home, she kinda misses getting "made up" ( not that she needs it. I think shes fine in sweats and her hair rolled in a bun) and it makes feel good...she was doing it for herself and not anyone else. I just always thought it was a chore that she would rather not deal with.

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Since the majority of Lainey's illustrations are about women, we got curious whether she receives some feedback from men that are following her on social media. The artist replied that only 5% of her audience is men and she has experienced two kinds of interactions with them on different ends of a spectrum. "Some men are really warm and kind and express their support and understanding, ask about what they can do better, or tell me that they are having conversations about the topics I bring up with their families or friends. On the other hand, unfortunately, the majority of comments and messages from men are deeply misogynistic or they are trying to force aggressive arguments. Nothing I engage in, we are clearly not on the same page."

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Lainey revealed that she receives countless requests from teachers from all over the world to get permission to print out her illustrations for their classrooms, which shows that this medium seems to express a message very well.

The artist shared that if all goes well, she's going to start writing her book very soon! "Besides being an illustrator and content creator I’m also an author (my first book came out in my native Hungarian in 2014) and it’s time to share my story along with drawings and the wisdom I picked up about womanhood over the years!"

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Asriel Dreemurr
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I honestly don’t get why people got so upset over Ariel’s casting. The only part of her racial identity that has significance in the story is the fact that she’s a mermaid. I guess it could be a nostalgia thing but honestly you’d be better off sticking to the original in that case.

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Asriel Dreemurr
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1 year ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The secret is to just run from these people. Edit just to clarify that I don’t condone this in any way, just saying that it seems like it could very easily become dangerous here. Secondary edit: By not condoning this I was referring to the dude's behaviour

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LongCoolWomanInABlackDress
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Now at 42 I wear all the dresses I wouldn't have before. And I feel fabulous, better than ever!

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Bonesko
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Why are we taught to not go out alone, or put your keys between your knuckles like a B rated Wolverine, etc etc....yet there is little discussion about consent?!

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Penny Tent (she/her)
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Exactly! Whatever you need to do to get by! (Or even just whatever you need to do to feel good).

LittleLiz
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

or Whatever you want to do. Or whatever you can do. Or whatever gets you the life you want.

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Donna Clanclan
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I'm so tired of our countries need to shame sex workers. Make it legal, make it safe!

MarWol
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Well, #1 and #3 definitely deserve more respect. Simply for being able to walk on those heels.

Phyzzi
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I think a lot of the problem here is that we have created a situation where sex work is most often done by exploited people (not that other people aren't exploited, but it's not the industry standard) and the people doing that exploiting have motivation to make sure the work remains seen as shameful and fringe so they can keep the workers and the customers from having power and it also plays right into the pseudo-religious forgiveness industry to maintain guilt. Beyond that, sex work tends to make the workers vulnerable to violence even when not marginalized because the work is, by nature, personal and intimate, and something that is itself violence if not consensual (and it genuinely can be hard for a third party to sort out consent even with the best intentions and great wisdom. Having said all that, we have great evidence that destigmatizing, legalizing, and regulating sex work makes it safer and logically, with modern medicine, there is no reason to shame sexually active people.

foryouwhynot IB
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Just TRY showing that third gal any disrespect…she KNOWS where that whip goes!

Lauren Capp
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Us female athletes will NEVER be taken seriously. We're the Jr. Team to the pro team of men. Bet you men we could take you in any sport!

Petrauskas Vilius
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what else could you expect when Australia's national female football team get beaten buy a random 14yo boys team?

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Kirby Kaz
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I don't think there's anything inherently wrong with sex workers/prostitution/etc, the problems come in with the violence, excessive drugs, and other abuse

Steven St. Julien
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Because some professions and indoors are i inherently not respectable and harm society by simply existing. This is a bigger issue than just sex workers, the porn industry as a whole is bad for society.

Chilli
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10 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

third one remind me of Catherine Howard from SIX

Naomi Williams
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Ok this is gonna get a lot of downvotes. Sex workers are oftentimes forced into the job, or raped in the process

Trond Øien
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1 year ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

"There are people that will investigate you, They'll insinuate, intimidate and complicate you, Don't ever wait or hesitate to state the fate that awaits those who try to shake or take you, Don't let them break you" Thin Lizzy - Do Anything You Want To (1979)

Joosep Niidas
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Is the left one literally the president? If not then i don't see why any of them should be less respected than the other.

Do-nut touch da donut
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1 year ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I think shes a model?? Or a photographer??? But yes i agree with ur point... why would we respect the pres mor than any other peep??

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DarkAngelNic
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Work is work and people should be respected for working despite the job.

Plague doctor
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I mean me personally if I see whip, I'm going to ask can you please direct me to the nearest exit please

Plague doctor
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I can understand each and every one of these but the last ones still freaks me out.

Henry Cooke
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Personally I'd say athlete... It just feels wrong that some people can get paid billions to hit balls (or faces)...

masterrocket31
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Honestly there is a ranking system to jobs = respect. Most people are going respect a really good dentist more over a really good janitor. Importance of both jobs are equal. We need both jobs. One could argue we need more janitors. They both deserve respect. One is just more impressive and requires more training and risk.

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Matthew Templer
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Because being a whore doesn't deserve respect. And there are plenty of men who also do s**t with their bodies that I don't respect either. F**k off

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Hit man are equally to the people in the army. Heckers are equally to programmers. Scammers are equal to sellers. Corupt politician can if we try to change our opinion to be considered great rulers. Thefts are just people who know how to get things for the least amount of money. So next time your neighbour is burying a body don't ask questions

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Because the outcomes are not the same. The impacts are not the same.

Jennifer Lee
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The first two- yes. The last one, absolutely not. Sexual paraphilias nearly always develop from childhood sexual abuse. People need professional therapy to heal, not BDSM, which can often make their disorders worse, and will leave them vulnerable to exploitation and further abuse.

doorn roosje
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1 year ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

That is not true ! I know people in this industry that are very high educated, and have a very stable private life beside being a sexworker. The stigma is the problem, not the people who do this work !

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because some professions need more hard work and dedication than others. People respect the hard work that goes into making a person a doctor/engineer/lawyer etc. then there are strippers and more glorified ones from insta(calling themselves as influencers) , all that requires is to remove clothes. So, respect is proportional to the effort one has made in making herself. The magnitude of

Ares Victor Laureano
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

If they are humans they diserve the same amount of respect. Humans deserve respect. Regardless if they are a president, lawyer, teacher, janitor, cook, unemployed, or 3 years old.

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sveinung lidsheim
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I thought sex work was supposed to be "objectifying" if women does it...

Neuropotathy
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Heard a sэx worker telling how she used to take drugs with cluents or before filming. Please name other "professions" which one can do under influence.

Ares Victor Laureano
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I've worked in 4 of the largest callcenters in in the country, I'd extimate about 70% of people working under the influence. That some people do it doesn't mean everyone does, that you think thas wrong doesn't mean everyone agree, if you are worried that happens often in that profession then the only way to regulate it is through legalizing it. Have youbheard about the prohibition and what we learned during that period?

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I love the new do what you want mentality cuz IDC if you wanna show anything you want online for money. I won't stoop that low because I have kids, since I went to public school. The teasing/bullying whatever you want to call it even when you had an attractive parent was bad. Imagine having videos of like your mom added on top of it. Those OnlyFans kids are going to have one hell of a time. I'd go into the therapy game if anyone is looking for a career to take off in about 10 years.

aj
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The fact that you say people should be able to do what they want with their body but simultaneously call s*x work "stooping low" irks me.

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Asriel Dreemurr
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Same for masculinity! I’m a trans guy who likes wearing dresses and skirts sometimes and that makes me no less of a guy. It just makes me one who has a slightly more feminine gender expression.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I draw a lot of portraits and one of my favorite things about it is seeing the different ways people can be beautiful.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Can someone remove this Sarah Elizabeth and her/his.\/their blatant scam promotion? (I reported it twice already)

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

If Aphrodite can have belly rolls and still be the most beautiful goddess, I can too!

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1 year ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

That man has mental problems. Too much money and fame and no damn sense. And it's "defcon", dumbass.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Neh those who do better are also fun. My sis does better with everything, also plants. She gave me a plastic plant. I still didn't kill it.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I never considered myself beautiful but I was okay with my face. That is until I started studying online and seeing myself in the little window on my computer made me look up plastic surgeons in my area...

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Ahh... Lelo... the sex toys that, with one look you know... maaaybe you don't need the Rolls-Royce of vibrators... (seriously. Crazy. Craaaazy overpriced).

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

As a female, no it doesn't. WE ALL just need to remember that it isn't realistic. I don't need porn to be politically correct.

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